Both Uses of
talon
in
The Sea of Monsters
- Five of them were fluttering over the top of the dunes-plump little hags with pinched faces and talons and feathery wings too small for their bodies.†
Chpt 8 *talons = sharp hooked claws
- Imagine a flock of vultures the size of people-with dirty black plumage, gray talons, and wrinkled pink necks.†
Chpt 13
Definition:
a sharp hooked claw -- especially on a bird of prey